A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
THE story of the ass who clothed himself in a lion's skin, in order to pass himself off as the king of beasts, is well-known, but the tale of the thief who got inside a sheep's skin to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
430 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 22
The London Wool Sales
At the London wool sales yesterday, merinos were firm, and crossbreds a shade easier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. a Sensible Year's Finish. Letter No. 24. Bradford, December 13, 1895
In bringing the final series of wool sales to a close, I will make way for a more authorative pen than mine, and therefore give your readers the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Story The Mystery of the Willow Farm. I.
[?]HAT our hostess was a beautiful woman we [?] I agreed; and when we retired to our large, [?] bedded sleeping chamber, the first [?] our stay at the 'Willow Farm," we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy Stables
Dairy stables are seldom set in order for fall and winter occupancy. Cows find their habitations now as when they left them in the spring. There has been no house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Bill Nye on Farming
Bill Nye, who considers himself something of a farmer, contributes a chapter on advice to the agriculturists of the country. This is it:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freetrade and the Farmer. How Protection Fails to Protect. the Lesson of Experience
The farmers of this country, in spite of the starvation prices ruling in neighbouring colonies, have long been told that good prices could only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Cattle
THE action of the Government in prohibiting the importation of cattle over the Queensland border, owing to the tick complaint, is much condemned by dealers in cattle. At a cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. London
AS compared with the December closing rates all merinos were fully 5 per cent. dearer. Fine crossbreds are on a par with December rates, and inferior wools are 5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales. JANUARY 29, 1896
THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that sales were resumed on Tuesday, when catalogues of fair extent were submitted. The attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Crops in one Year
To grow and harvest six crops of grain and vegetables on the same field in one season is a triumph in farming that does not come to many. But I (writes Mr. T. Moore in the American…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the Sydney wool sales on Thursday the sales amounted to 6646 bales. Catalogues included a very few clips, which opened out in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales. Close of the Series
London, January 30.—The first series of wool sales for the year closed to-day. The market was strong, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Antwerp Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London
THE Antwerp wool sales opened to-day. There was a large attendance, and animated transactions showed a general [?] vance of 10 per cent[?] on prices ruling at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Original Story The Mystery of the Willow Farm. III. -- (CONTINUED
'Don't hurry back, but let me have just an hour and see if I don't bring back one, at least -- that is, if the ghost has not frightened them all away;' and in saying this he made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Foul Seed
AS long as it remains true that as a man alws, so shall he reap, it behooves him to get sol fool weed seed out of his seed grain. Some practice 'swimming' it out, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Trade
WHY is not New England to the front in the Butter Trade? With splendid opportunities there is a remarkable absence of enterprise. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ventilation on Cattle Ships
"My experience," says Mr. Henry Bidlake, M.R.C.V.S., in the Ve[?]erinary Record," has taught me that the mortality amongst [?]orses during a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
At the opening of the Antwerp wool sales there was a large attendance and great animation. Prices show a rise of 10 per cent, compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer is King
Max Nordau, in his "Conventional Lies," points out that, while science is doing its utmost to improve and cheapen…
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